The Office also manages digital communications through the City of Atlanta website at www.atlantaga.gov and via social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The Mayor’s Office of Communications also includes the operations of City Channel 26.

Magazines/News Articles

Since January 2010, Mayor Kasim Reed was profiled in over 12 national publications including the New York Times, Delta Sky, Atlanta Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, Meet the Press, Governing Magazine and The Root, to name a few.

We archive the Mayor’s press coverage and programs and momentos from events and special occasions.
We also deflect, address and correct negative stories on a daily basis. We are the keepers of the Mayor and the City of Atlanta’s brand.

Photography

Over 600,000 photos have been taken thus far in the first term.

City photos have appeared in magazines, newspapers, websites, blogs and social media outlets worldwide.

Ceremonial Documents

Our office generated more than 1,500 ceremonial documents and Phoenix Awards in 2010.

Another more than 900 in 2011.

City Channel 26

In a typical 24-hour rotation, a meeting will replay on average 2-3 times daily, based on the length of the meeting.

We now programming Channel 26 twice a week to provide viewers with more opportunities to watch rebroadcasts;

There are now three (3) ways in which a City Channel 26 viewer can find information about schedules, programming and news: Channel 26 itself, the city website and social networks, specifically: Facebook and Twitter.

On average we are creating 4-5 new packages every two weeks to provide better original programming to our viewers.

We have four new segments called:

Neighborhood by Neighborhood

Living Smarter with Aaron Watson,

Keep It Intown with Kwanza Hall

City Health Check

Channel 26 has completely updated Committee Room #2 with state of the art microphones, podium and speakers that will carry us well beyond 2020.

Channel 26 is 75% finished with its Apple transition for post production

All of Mayor Reed’s community PSAs are now being recorded in High Definition quality for broadcast.